Columbian Club of Lansing

Knights of Columbus Lansing Council 3540/Columbian Club of Lansing/Kacey's Restaurant/ACE Catering & Banquets - 3 Stars: These are all related and in the same building. Everything starts with the KofC ... they run their own Council out of this building, located at 17800 South Lorenz - one block west of Burnham Avenue on 178th Street. The building has three main areas.

The KofC restaurant was named the Columbian Club of Lansing (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Flansingkc.com%2Fmenu.html&s=c3f64f74e8ea8bb28aee80f99469770167b02af7bcb8414d991f269584df0274" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lansingkc.com/men…</a>) and it occupies one end (south) of the building ... probably 30 tables in the dining room with seating for over 100. Full dinner menu and exceptional salad bar; full service bar with very reasonable prices. During Lent the restaurant is always packed on Fridays because of the excellent fish selections - so make a reservation (708-895-7720). On behalf of the Columbian Club the KofC decided to lease out the restaurant business and chose ACE Catering & Banquets (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aceace.org%2F&s=9f9b5df230dfc7b3e2ad60598bbd6abf89b58aa73098078ac2d5e9bb3a4fd23c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.aceace.org/</a>) - who recently renamed the KofC restaurant Kacey's (get it?). Ray Kosinski runs ACE, and operates the KofC dining room and all the catering ... he runs a nice kitchen and keeps up the restaurant end of the business very well. ACE Catering also runs a number of other KofC's and restaurants in the southeast Chicago area & northwest Indiana.

The middle of the building is a banquet room that can be rented and used for ACE-catered affairs (First Communions, graduations, weddings, etc.) or club special occasions open to the public (Easter and Mother's Day brunches, etc.) ... or used as overflow when the dining room is packed. There also is an outdoor area that can be used/rented for BBQ parties and the like, weather permitting.

The north end of the building is a large sports bar with big screen TVs on the wall. Full service bar, seating at the bar and tables around the walls.

All told, this is a nice place to go - visit the restaurant or the sports bar and you'll have a nice time. While the seniors absolutely love the restaurant, the place is wonderful for families too.